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KIRTLAND BIRD CLUB

Where did the name Kirtland Bird Club come from?
The Kirtland Bird Club is named for Dr. Jared Potter Kirtland - physician, naturalist, botanist, abolitionist, public health advocate, politician, philanthropist, and co-founder of Case Western Reserve's Medical School.

​Read about him on the website of Case Western Reserve University here and on the website of Cleveland Historical here.

Read Dr. Kirtland's
January 1850 account of the degradation of the Western Reserve published in the Spring 2005 issue of the Ohio Cardinal.  Read which species had been affected at that point by the westward migration of European settlers.  Compare his observations from 1850 to what we find here today!​
A Little Bit about the Ohio Cardinal - from the website of the Ohio Ornithological Society:

"In 1978, The Ohio Cardinal was born of a need to bring Ohio’s birding community together, to share all available information about our bird life, to sharpen our enjoyment of, and expertise in, the observation and study of those birds, and to act as a permanent record of bird occurrences in the state. Today these remain the goals of our publication.

"The Cardinal began as, and remains, a collaboration among Ohio birders, with hundreds sharing in each issue sightings reports, photographs of unusual birds, artwork, articles, or field notes. Each issue features a comprehensive summary of the season’s observations across the state, highlighting not only the unusual but also interesting patterns discernible in the usual. Reports from the Ohio Bird Records Committee appear regularly."

Location

The Cleveland Museum of
Natural History
1 Wade Oval, University Circle, Cleveland, OH

our mission

The objectives of the KBC are the serious study of ornithology with a view to increasing the knowledge of individual members, the exchange of ornithological experiences and records, the compilation and publication of important information on birds, and the promotion of good fellowship among its members.

KIRTLAND BIRD CLUB    |  CLEVELAND, OH
Founded in  1940
www.kirtlandbirdclub.org

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  • HOME
  • CALENDAR
  • ACTIVITIES
    • MONTHLY PROGRAMS
    • FIELD TRIPS
    • CLEVELAND LAKEFRONT PRESERVE BIRD SURVEYS
    • CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT >
      • 2020 Cleveland Christmas Bird Count
      • 2019 Christmas Bird Count Results
      • About Christmas Bird Counts
      • Christmas Bird Count Records
    • OAPI - Ohio Avian Project Initiative >
      • ABOUT OAPI - APPLY
      • Past OAPI Grants
    • STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP
    • Cleveland Bird Calendar
  • ABOUT KBC
    • ABOUT US
    • KBC OFFICERS & COMMITTEES
    • NEWSLETTERS
    • ABOUT OUR NAME
    • CONTACT US
  • SUPPORT KBC
    • BECOME A MEMBER
    • DONATE
  • KBC Archives
    • Birding While Black Archive
    • Past Speakers
    • Past Bird ID Programs
    • FIELD TRIP REPORTS >
      • Castalia, Ohio
      • Merwin's Wharf and Scranton Flats
      • ERIE STREET CEMETERY - OCTOBER 7, 2018
      • MENTOR HEADLANDS - OCTOBER 5, 2013
      • CAMP RAVENNA - MAY 21, 2005
      • WEST VIRGINIA - MAY 27, 2005
      • CASTALIA FIELD TRIP - MARCH 14, 2004
      • SAULT STE MARIE TRIP - FEBRUARY 13 - 16, 2004
      • KENDALL LEDGES - JULY 7, 2004
    • MEETING MINUTES
    • Cleveland Bird Calendar Archive >
      • VOLUMES 100 - 111 / YEARS 2004 - 2015
      • VOLUMES 090 - 099 / YEARS 1994 - 2003
      • VOLUMES 080 - 089 / YEARS 1984 - 1993
      • VOLUMES 070 - 079 / YEARS 1974 - 1983
      • VOLUMES 060 - 069 / YEARS 1964 - 1973
      • VOLUMES 050 - 059 / YEARS 1954 - 1963
      • VOLUMES 040 - 049 / YEARS 1944 - 1953
      • VOLUMES 030 - 039 / YEARS 1934 - 1943
      • VOLUMES 020 - 029 / YEARS 1924 - 1933
      • VOLUMES 010 - 019 / YEARS 1914 - 1923
      • VOLUMES 001 - 009 / YEARS 1905 - 1913
    • Old News
    • PHOTO GALLERY
  • For New Birders
  • Backyard Birding
  • Native Plants
  • Bird Science
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